Some 260 suspects were arrested in the operation across 14 African countries, says Interpol.

India, Qatari royals, China and ecologists have their own, very different, views on Assumption Island's future.

Ethiopian runner Shewarge Alene dies aged 30, the organiser of the Stockholm marathon confirms.

French authorities say the "remarkable seizure" was found on board a fishing boat following a tip-off.

The former French president was accused of using funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Peter Mutharika defeated the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, the election commission announces.

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says he is a prime target of the Islamist group al-Shabab.

The battle for Kordofan, with a population of eight million, is the latest frontline in Sudan's civil war.

The president-elect of the southern African nation has a long and controversial political career.

The drug - a twice-yearly injection – reduces the current HIV treatment cost in developing countries.

They had started legal action against Ghana for agreeing to accept them from the US.

The herd was fleeing lions, officials say

Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was imprisoned in Egypt for six years, is reunited with his family in Cairo after being pardoned.

Orville Isaac Etoria had been held in prison in the southern African state after Trump's government expelled him.

Peter Mutharika has got about 66% of the votes counted so far, putting him ahead of President Lazarus Chakwera.

The three military juntas, who came to power through coups, say the judicial body is 'incapable' of handling 'proven war crimes'.

Female runners won six of Kenya’s seven gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, topping the podium in every event from 800m to the marathon in Tokyo.

Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock reverses his retirement for one-day internationals and is recalled by South Africa.

President Duma Boko congratulates the men's 4x400m relay team for winning gold at the World Athletic Championships.

Kenya make it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men's race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women's.